S. malt n. “gold” (Category: Gold)

S. malt, n. “gold (as metal)” (Category: Gold)

N. côl “gold (metal)”

G. †culu “gold”

References ✧ PE17/50; VT42/27

Glosses

• “gold” ✧ PE17/50; VT42/27

Element In

• ᴺS. malthos “butter cup”
• S. Araval
• S. Malbeth “*Golden Word”
• S. mallorn “gold tree, yellow tree”
• S. mallos “golden flower”
• S. Malvegil “?Sword of Gold”
• OS. malthorn “gold tree” ✧ PE17/50 (malh-orn); VT42/27 (malþorn)

Cognates

• Q. malta “gold (metal), gold as material” ✧ PE17/50

Derivations

• < √MALAT “gold”

N. malt n. “gold (as metal)” (Category: Gold)

References ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL; PE22/35

Glosses

• “gold” ✧ PE22/35
• “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL (malt)

Variations

• malt ✧ Ety/SMAL; PE22/35; EtyAC/SMAL (malt)
• (h)malt ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Related

• côl “gold (metal)” was replaced by malt “gold (as metal)”

Changes

• malt “gold (as metal)” >> (h)malt ✧ Ety/SMAL
• malt >> malt ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Inflections

i·mhalt

soft-mutation; m-mutation

✧ PE22/35

Element In

• N. Malevarn “Golden Brown”
• N. mallorn “gold tree”
• N. malthen “of gold” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Cognates

• ᴹQ. malta “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL (malda); EtyAC/SMAL (malta)
• ON. malda “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL (maltha)

Derivations

• < ON. malda “gold (as metal)” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL (maltha); Ety/SMAL
  • < ᴹ✶smaldā “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL (smaltā)
    • < ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

ON. maltha > malt	[m̥alθa] > [m̥alθ] > [m̥alt] > [malt]	✧ EtyAC/SMAL
ON. malda > (h)malt	[m̥alda] > [m̥alða] > [m̥alð] > [malð] > [malt]	✧ EtyAC/SMAL